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Getulio Vargas (1930)
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Governo do Brasil
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Formatura-de-Getúlio-Vargas-1907
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17 - Getúlio Dorneles Vargas 1951 derivative (cropped)
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Presidência da República
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瓦加斯

Wǎjiāsī
proper noun #30,831

Meanings

  1. 1 Vargas (Spanish / Portuguese surname)
  2. 2 most notably Getúlio Vargas, president of Brazil 1930-1945, 1951-1954

About Getúlio Vargas

1882–1954 · 政治家 politician

Brazilian leader who took power in the revolution of 1930 and ruled until 1945, from 1937 under his authoritarian Estado Novo. Elected president in 1951, he died in office in 1954.

Also called  热图利奥·瓦加斯

Examples

HSK 5
瓦加斯是巴西历史上最有影响力的领导人之一。
Wǎjiāsī shì Bāxī lìshǐ shàng zuì yǒu yǐngxiǎnglì de lǐngdǎorén zhīyī.
Vargas was one of the most influential leaders in Brazilian history.
HSK 6
瓦加斯总统在1954年自杀身亡。
Wǎjiāsī zǒngtǒng zài yījiǔwǔsì nián zìshā shēnwáng.
President Vargas died by suicide in 1954.

Tips

usage
瓦加斯 renders 'Vargas' sound by sound: 瓦 'Var-', 加 '-ga-', 斯 '-s'. A Spanish speaker's Vargas usually becomes 巴尔加斯 instead, because Spanish v sounds like b: the Peruvian writer Mario Vargas Llosa is 马里奥·巴尔加斯·略萨.

Stroke Order

瓦 wǎ
加 jiā
斯 sī